Privacy statement

By using the websites (“GF Websites”) of Georg Fischer Ltd.,
Amlser-Laffon-Strasse 9, 8021 Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and/or any of
its affiliated companies (“GF”), you accept the following Privacy
Statement and that the personal data you provide to GF may be
processed as set forth herein. If you do not agree with it, do not
proceed further to the GF Websites. This Privacy Statement is subject
to change from time to time without notice.

Questions, complaints and requests related to this Privacy
Statement may be addressed to info@georgfischer.com

Scope of the Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement describes what type of personal data GF
collects from users of GF Websites (“Personal Information”), the
method of their collection, and the purposes of using, sharing and/or
disclosing such Personal Information. This Privacy Statement applies
only to Personal Information obtained by GF through the use of GF
Websites and not to third party websites.

Type of data and purposes of their collection

GF may collect Personal Information (such as name, address,
e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) that you provide or make
available to GF through the use of the GF Websites, e.g. by entering
them on a registration form, signing up for a newsletter, sending an
e-mail, providing feedbacks, completing a customer survey etc. GF
may use such Personal Information for the purposes indicated or
evident from the circumstances at the time of collection or for
purposes provided for by law. In particular, the Personal
Information will be used for improving the GF Websites, products and
services, for statistical and market research purposes, for customer
and user administration and marketing (e.g. for informing you about
products and services, for contacting you, for providing internal
reporting), for technical operations and security, for complying
with applicable laws and regulations. If you have registered to
receive regular updates from GF, you may opt out from receiving such
communication at any time by phone, in writing or by e-mail.

Furthermore, when you access the GF Websites, the web server of
GF automatically records and stores in a log file certain Personal
Information about your access, e.g. your IP address, the date and the
duration of your file request, the pages of the GF Websites that you
actually visit, the website from which you visit the GF Websites, the
volume of data transferred, the type of web browser and operating
system you used, the name of your internet service provider. This
Personal Information is collected only for the purposes of technical
administration and security as well as for better understanding the
usage of the GF Websites. It is analyzed without any link to
personally identifiable information.

Cookies

Additionally to the foregoing, GF may gather Personal
Information by using so called cookies, i.e. small text files
which the GF Websites transmit to your browser cache and which
enable the GF Websites to recognize your device next time you
access to the GF Websites. Cookies save your settings and provide
GF with information on how you use the GF Websites for improving
the contents and compiling anonymous aggregated statistics about
the use of the GF Websites for market research purposes. However,
cookies do not identify you personally and GF will use cookies
only on a non-personal basis.

You may configure your web browser to refuse any installation of
cookies or to disable or deactivate cookies that have been installed
(the specific instructions can be found in the manual of your
browser). However, this may result in a reduced availability or
impaired functionality of the GF Websites.

Web analytics

The GF Websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service
provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”,
which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website
analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the
cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will
be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United
States. Google will use this information on behalf of GF for the
purpose of evaluating your use of the GF Websites, compiling reports
on website activity and providing other services relating to website
activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information
to third parties where required by law or where such third parties
process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate
your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the
use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser,
however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the
full functionality of the GF Websites. You can also opt-out from being
tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading
and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current
web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
By using the GF Websites you consent to the processing of data about
you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For
more information around Google Analytics, the conditions of use and
data protection please click: http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Disclosure of information

GF may disclose, inside or outside your country of residence,
your Personal Information (i) to other GF affiliates that may use
your Personal Information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy
Statement, (ii) to third party service providers of GF who may use it
for the purposes for which it was originally collected and (iii) to
public authorities.

GF may store and process Personal Information at any of its or
its hosting providers’ facilities, including abroad, and may
delegate the processing of such information to affiliates and third parties.